Re: [h-cost] pinker alert
Were these Fiscars or look-alikes? One of the advantages of the Fiscar Soft Touch is that there is no finger pinching. I don't remember if they use this design with the scrapbook line. One interesting note re Fiscar service on the ST products, at least, is that you can get replacement springs when they give out (from overwork?).The last time I requested replacements, they sent me a small handful! Would that they would would put a quality spring in to begin with. Any way, the ST line has saved my fingers from calluses. Kathleen - Original Message - From: Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] pinker alert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fiskar, I believe, makes a variety of pinking/dagging scissors--a variety of designs. I don't have any, and I've seen them advertised only in art-supply catalogs, so maybe their usefulness is limited to paper. I'm always tempted to try a pair, but I can't decide among wavy-cut, deep pink, deckled-paper-effect, and the more complicated dags...and can't afford to buy them all! Again: maybe no good for fabricHas anybody tried them? --Ruth Anne Baumgartner I have a pair I bought when I made my wedding invitations, and I didn't think they were all that good on paper. The handles were small and hurt my hands -- though they cut ok -- I found them unpleasant to use. They probably would have worked on fabric when new, but they won't now. And how would you sharpen something like that anyway? Dawn ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] pinker alert/Fiskars scissors
At 21:46 10/02/2006, you wrote: Were these Fiscars or look-alikes? One of the advantages of the Fiscar Soft Touch is that there is no finger pinching. I don't remember if they use this design with the scrapbook line. One interesting note re Fiscar service on the ST products, at least, is that you can get replacement springs when they give out (from overwork?).The last time I requested replacements, they sent me a small handful! Would that they would would put a quality spring in to begin with. Any way, the ST line has saved my fingers from calluses. Kathleen Thanks for the suggestion Kathleen. I inherited my Fiskars Soft Touch third hand and recently broke the spring. Someone is bringing me a new pair from the U.S. as they are so much cheaper. I am too cheap to buy another pair, and I am having to use a pair of Fiskars shears instead - not nearly so easy. So I just wrote to Fiskars UK for a new spring, or somewhere I can get them fixed. Great tip - thanks again. Suzi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] pinker alert/Fiskars scissors
You are welcome! The first time the problem happened, I sent the shears in for service. The last time, it was the 'clippers'. They not only replaced the spring in the ailing pair but sent along a new pair! (Funny, the clippers never go on sale). Also, the size of the clipper spring is about one turn less than the Shears, so it makes a small difference when you are trying to keep them in service. kathleen .- Original Message - From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] pinker alert/Fiskars scissors At 21:46 10/02/2006, you wrote: Were these Fiscars or look-alikes? One of the advantages of the Fiscar Soft Touch is that there is no finger pinching. I don't remember if they use this design with the scrapbook line. One interesting note re Fiscar service on the ST products, at least, is that you can get replacement springs when they give out (from overwork?).The last time I requested replacements, they sent me a small handful! Would that they would would put a quality spring in to begin with. Any way, the ST line has saved my fingers from calluses. Kathleen Thanks for the suggestion Kathleen. I inherited my Fiskars Soft Touch third hand and recently broke the spring. Someone is bringing me a new pair from the U.S. as they are so much cheaper. I am too cheap to buy another pair, and I am having to use a pair of Fiskars shears instead - not nearly so easy. So I just wrote to Fiskars UK for a new spring, or somewhere I can get them fixed. Great tip - thanks again. Suzi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] pinker alert
Ah alas, these are for paper Only. I have a friend that uses a rotary cutter that comes with a variety of blades for fancy cuts. Kathleen - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] pinker alert Fiskar, I believe, makes a variety of pinking/dagging scissors--a variety of designs. I don't have any, and I've seen them advertised only in art-supply catalogs, so maybe their usefulness is limited to paper. I'm always tempted to try a pair, but I can't decide among wavy-cut, deep pink, deckled-paper-effect, and the more complicated dags...and can't afford to buy them all! Again: maybe no good for fabricHas anybody tried them? --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer -Original Message- From: Lavolta Press [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Feb 8, 2006 8:40 PM To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] pinker alert I've been tempted, off and on, to bid on one of those crank models for pinking trimmings (I don't generally like to finish seams that way). That's why I've been reassured to see there's always a good selection on eBay (although I'm sure some of them are rusty and/or dull). What I really want though, is a choice of shapes beyond the standard rather shallow zigzag. Has anyone found a modern or historic tool that really works well for that? Fran Lavolta Press http://.lavoltapress.com Lloyd Mitchell wrote: Thanks Fran, I love the one I got and didn't think of some of the other ways of listing to find one of the same for other people who might like to gain one of these. Kathleen ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] pinker alert
Ah alas, these are for paper Only. I have a friend that uses a rotary cutter that comes with a variety of blades for fancy cuts. I bought a wavy rotary cutter to use for 18th c. edging. I haven't used it on a whole outfit but the inital testing worked well. Diana www.RenaissanceFabrics.net Everything for the Costumer Become the change you want to see in the world. --Ghandi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] pinker alert
I have found that the scalloped worked okay on broadcloth and lightweight. It was used for the decorative parts of a costume. It may have been that they became dull with their first use because there were times the edge was fray checked before the cut and so, they did not cut heavy material, kind of gnawed the edge. De -Original Message- Fiskar, I believe, makes a variety of pinking/dagging scissors--a variety of designs. I don't have any, and I've seen them advertised only in art-supply catalogs, so maybe their usefulness is limited to paper. I'm always tempted to try a pair, but I can't decide among wavy-cut, deep pink, deckled-paper-effect, and the more complicated dags...and can't afford to buy them all! Again: maybe no good for fabricHas anybody tried them? --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] pinker alert- fancy sissors
I used the really fancy edged ones on fabric which had been applied to lightweight fusible glue. It made a nice edge and the fusible didn't seem to gum up the blades at all. --- otsisto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have found that the scalloped worked okay on broadcloth and lightweight. It was used for the decorative parts of a costume. It may have been that they became dull with their first use because there were times the edge was fray checked before the cut and so, they did not cut heavy material, kind of gnawed the edge. De -Original Message- Fiskar, I believe, makes a variety of pinking/dagging scissors--a variety of designs. I don't have any, and I've seen them advertised only in art-supply catalogs, so maybe their usefulness is limited to paper. I'm always tempted to try a pair, but I can't decide among wavy-cut, deep pink, deckled-paper-effect, and the more complicated dags...and can't afford to buy them all! Again: maybe no good for fabricHas anybody tried them? --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume Rebecca Burch Center Valley Farm Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] pinker alert
If you go to ebay's Collectibles/Vintage Sewing category, without going down into Tools, and search on pinking machine as two words (not a phrase), searching for those words in the listings as well as the titles, there are about ten pinking machines are listed. Which is about the usual number for any given day on eBay. I've thought of getting one off and on. Fran Lavolta Press http://www.lavoltapress.com Lloyd Mitchell wrote: Hi all, I forget who it was who was interested in a 19th C Pinker. There is another up on eBay right now. You will find it listed under Sewing tools. This looks to be pretty much the same as the one I found two weeks ago. Kathleen ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] pinker alert
Thanks Fran, I love the one I got and didn't think of some of the other ways of listing to find one of the same for other people who might like to gain one of these. Kathleen - Original Message - From: Lavolta Press [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] pinker alert If you go to ebay's Collectibles/Vintage Sewing category, without going down into Tools, and search on pinking machine as two words (not a phrase), searching for those words in the listings as well as the titles, there are about ten pinking machines are listed. Which is about the usual number for any given day on eBay. I've thought of getting one off and on. Fran Lavolta Press http://www.lavoltapress.com Lloyd Mitchell wrote: Hi all, I forget who it was who was interested in a 19th C Pinker. There is another up on eBay right now. You will find it listed under Sewing tools. This looks to be pretty much the same as the one I found two weeks ago. Kathleen ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] pinker alert
I've been tempted, off and on, to bid on one of those crank models for pinking trimmings (I don't generally like to finish seams that way). That's why I've been reassured to see there's always a good selection on eBay (although I'm sure some of them are rusty and/or dull). What I really want though, is a choice of shapes beyond the standard rather shallow zigzag. Has anyone found a modern or historic tool that really works well for that? Fran Lavolta Press http://.lavoltapress.com Lloyd Mitchell wrote: Thanks Fran, I love the one I got and didn't think of some of the other ways of listing to find one of the same for other people who might like to gain one of these. Kathleen ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] pinker alert
Checking the instructions given here, do note that all of the buy-it-now items are art prints! Kathleen - Original Message - From: Lavolta Press [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] pinker alert If you go to ebay's Collectibles/Vintage Sewing category, without going down into Tools, and search on pinking machine as two words (not a phrase), searching for those words in the listings as well as the titles, there are about ten pinking machines are listed. Which is about the usual number for any given day on eBay. I've thought of getting one off and on. Fran Lavolta Press http://www.lavoltapress.com Lloyd Mitchell wrote: Hi all, I forget who it was who was interested in a 19th C Pinker. There is another up on eBay right now. You will find it listed under Sewing tools. This looks to be pretty much the same as the one I found two weeks ago. Kathleen ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] pinker alert
What I like about the nifty tool that I got is that the edging results on soft cotton is a rather dainty feathered effect, On stiffer fabric, it gives the expected sharp zig-zag- pattern. My present project is mainly h-costume inspiration doll clothing and the results for ruschings is simpler but elegant strips that do not require more ornamentation or time to turn the edges. I have plans for Ordinary costume seam finishing to look forward to. Kathleen - Original Message - From: Lavolta Press [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] pinker alert I've been tempted, off and on, to bid on one of those crank models for pinking trimmings (I don't generally like to finish seams that way). That's why I've been reassured to see there's always a good selection on eBay (although I'm sure some of them are rusty and/or dull). What I really want though, is a choice of shapes beyond the standard rather shallow zigzag. Has anyone found a modern or historic tool that really works well for that? Fran Lavolta Press http://.lavoltapress.com Lloyd Mitchell wrote: Thanks Fran, I love the one I got and didn't think of some of the other ways of listing to find one of the same for other people who might like to gain one of these. Kathleen ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
